AMERICAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1930, Page 5

AMERICAN ITEMS

BODY FOUND. FOLLOWING A MURDER, lUnited Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph.—Copyright.) VANCOUVER, Oct. 30. The body of Cozens .Spencer, a i fqrnierj Australian' film magnate, .who. .sileW ■ Eddie ' Smith, a storekeeper of a British Columbia ranch and wounded another employee, was found in a lake. , , A CANADIAN QUESTION. . (Received this day at 1.5 p.mA i a • U. •■ VANCOUVER, Oct. 30. ” !<r A 'message from' St. John, New Foundland’,' states the approval of the comment'made by the Premier, Mr J. M: ! Baxter,' when he questioned the advisability of NeW Brunswick remaining within the Confederation under the pre- ' sent situation, arising out of the attitude taken towards the maritime provinces by "Upper Canada, was given ih a resolution passed by the council, at a meeting of the Board of Trade committee and supported in ail interview with M,r Baxter regarding the recent adverse grain rates decision and other matters. ' Mr Baxter attending a conference recently otf civic officials with Mr A. C. Dawson, president of Canadian Cotton; Limited, in, regard to the closing of one of the Company’s mills said that while he had always been a supporter' of the Confederation, the treatment Central Canada was meting ot. to the maritime provinces had forced him to. nslc himself whether “we are not better out of the Dominion.” NAVY CROSS FOR BYRD. WASHINGTON, October 30,..1 Rear Admiral Byrd to-day was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism exhibited in his flight over the South Pole.